Podcast #025: Is there a difficult person in your life?

3 steps to breaking through interpersonal conflict

To be human is to have conflict with other people. You cannot avoid it. Conflict can cause stress, as well as a host of other consequences, such as loss of sleep and even physical illness. But if you've had a difficult relationship, you come to realise that just ignoring it is often not the best way to handle it. So how can conflict be a means to growth and getting closer to others rather than being driven further apart? Is that even a possiblity for the difficult relationship in your own life?

On this podcast I have the privilege of talking to Linda Outka about her book, "Pebbles In My Shoe- Three Steps For Breaking Through Interpersonal Conflict."

The 4 minute video below gives a flavour of why this is such an important subject for all of us.

Linda Outka is a certified coach, speaker and trainer. She has over 20 years experience in helping people resolve conflicts. She is also the founder of Breakthrough Solutions Inc, which creates a space where people can feel safe to be real and discover new insights that open doors to their potential.

2 thoughts on “Podcast #025: Is there a difficult person in your life?”

Interesting and always difficult topic – as a pastor conflict resolution (or transformation as it is now called) is something I am often involved in. And often I would “like to be involved” but – as you say – one or both parties in the conflict don’t want to engage. Matthew 18 has always been a key passage … if your brother sins against you, go to him, tell him whats wrong, keep it between the two of you ….. (there is more there but that’s the gist). Even this is difficult for many people, so we prefer to sit at home and fume about something, or we prefer to tell lots of “other people” but we are reluctant to “go to your brother”. Thanks for dealing with this!

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